Prep Zone Returns for Football Playoffs
October 28, 2015
By John Johnson
MHSAA communications director
For the fifth straight season, FOX Sports Detroit will provide live streaming video coverage of four games from each of the first four rounds of the MHSAA Football Playoffs – presented by the Michigan Army National Guard – on the PrepZone on FoxSportsDetroit.com.
Pre-District games on the PrepZone this Friday (Oct. 30) are:
- Clarkston at Romeo
- Farmington Hills Harrison at Birmingham Groves
- Mason at St. Johns
- Flint Powers Catholic at Goodrich
All PrepZone games will be live at 7 p.m. Fridays the first three weekends of tournament play, and the Semifinal games Nov. 21 starting at 1 p.m. will be part of a package with MHSAA.tv where all 16 games will be live on the Internet.
Fans can watch PrepZone games on their computer or handheld devices and follow these instructions:
On Your Desktop/Laptop Computer
- Go to FOXSportsGo.com
- Click on the “All Chs” menu at the bottom left of the page
- Select “FOX Sports Go Extras”
On Your Handheld Device
- Download the free FOX Sports Go app from your store
- Click on the “All Channels” menu at the top of the app
- Select “FOX Sports Go Extras”
All PrepZone games will be archived on MHSAA.tv.
A number of Football Playoff games will be covered by MHSAA members participating in the School Broadcast Program this week, including three Saturday (Oct. 31) games which will be available live on a subscription basis. SBP produced games being shown live this week at 1 p.m. Saturday are:
- Gaylord at Mt. Pleasant
- Crystal Falls Forest Park at Lake Linden-Hubbell
A Day Pass to watch live on MHSAA.tv is $9.95. A Month Pass is $14.95, and would also allow access to the full schedule of MHSAA Tournaments during the month of November:
- Nov. 4 – Selected Boys Soccer Semifinals
- Nov. 7 – Boys Soccer Finals
- Nov. 7 – Selected Football Playoff District Finals
- Nov. 14 – Selected Football Playoff Regional Finals
- Nov. 19-20 – Girls Volleyball Semifinals & Finals
- Nov. 21 – Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals
- Nov. 21 – Football Playoff Semifinals (12 games)
Other Football Playoff games available on an On Demand basis being produced by SBP schools this week are:
- Grandville at Rockford
- Saginaw Swan Valley at Comstock Park
- Calumet at Negaunee
In its seventh year, the School Broadcast Program gives members an opportunity to showcase excellence in their schools by creating video programming of athletic and non-athletic events, with students gaining skills in announcing, camera operation, directing/producing and graphics.
The program also gives schools the opportunity to raise money through advertising and viewing subscriptions.
All sporting events – Live or On-Demand - are available on a subscription basis only for their first 72 hours online. They become available for free, on-demand viewing approximately 72 hours following their completion.
Launching at Midnight every Friday throughout the season is MHSAA Football Friday Overtime on FOX Sports Detroit. Mickey York and Rob Rubick host the weekly 30-minute highlights show. The show will re-air most Saturday and Sunday mornings – and will be archived on the FOX Detroit Website. This week, FFOT will re-air at 6 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Saturday; and 10 a.m. Sunday on FOX Sports Detroit.
The following games are scheduled to be highlighted this week on Football Friday Overtime:
- Detroit Denby at Detroit Collegiate Prep
- Marysville at Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
- Bay City John Glenn at Orchard Lake St. Mary's
- Riverview at Allen Park
- Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett at Riverview Gabriel Richard
- PLUS – Highlights from this week’s PrepZone games.
This week's School Broadcast Program highlights (see below) include football games with Otsego at Plainwell and Hudsonville at Rockford and a volleyball match, Bay City John Glenn at Pinconning.
Schools interested in becoming a part of the School Broadcast Program should contact John Johnson at the MHSAA Office.
Soccer, XC Finals Stream Saturday
October 30, 2018
By John Johnson
MHSAA Director of Broadcast Properties
There’s live internet streaming of four MHSAA tournaments this week, featuring the Finals in two sports.
On Saturday (Nov. 3), the four championship games of the Lower Peninsula Boys Soccer Tournament will have live streaming video on MHSAA.tv and live streaming audio on MHSAANetwork.com. Also Saturday, the Finish Line Cam at Michigan International Speedway returns at the L.P. Cross Country Finals on MHSAA.tv.
Three Prep Zone games will take place Friday (Nov. 2) on FoxSportsDetroit.com and the FOX Sports app at 7 p.m.:
• Detroit Catholic Central at West Bloomfield (Div. 1)
• Birmingham Brother Rice at Birmingham Groves (Div. 2)
• Flint Powers Catholic at Williamston (Div. 4)
Viewing of the Prep Zone games is free on the FoxSportsDetroit.com website. Authentication may be required to view on the FOX Sports app. All Prep Zone games also will be available for free on-demand viewing on the MHSAA.tv website.
The Prep Zone is part of the “Football Week In Michigan” promotion by FOX Sports Detroit, which is offering a $2,500 cash prize for the best photo posted on Instagram which shows what Football Week In Michigan means to that individual. Tag the photo @FOXSportsDetroit and include the hashtag #FWIMPHOTOCONTEST. Submissions will be accepted until Nov. 13.
Saturday’s Boys Soccer Finals will be Live on MHSAA.tv on a subscription basis with games at Noon and 3 p.m. at Novi and Comstock Park High Schools, with the games at each site to be announced after the Semifinals on Wednesday (Oct. 31). All games also will have live streaming audio at MHSAANetwork.com.
Both Division 3 Soccer Semifinal games – Macomb Lutheran North vs. Grosse Ile and Hudsonville Unity Christian vs. Ludington – will be live on MHSAA.tv at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
MHSAA.tv also will offer a free live video stream Saturday of the finish line at the Lower Peninsula Cross Country Finals at Michigan International Speedway. The stream will include audio commentary from announcers around the course throughout each race. The morning session with the boys and girls races in Divisions 3 and 4 begins at 9:30 a.m., and the afternoon session with races in Divisions 1 and 2 starts at 1:30 p.m. Live timing of each race will be available on the Cross Country page of the MHSAA Website. Weather permitting, coverage of the awards ceremonies will be provided.
There also will be live coverage of Football District Finals and Girls Volleyball District games this week on MHSAA.tv, being produced by School Broadcast Program schools.
Here is this week’s full schedule on MHSAA.tv:
Tuesday, Oct. 30
- Div. 3 Girls Volleyball District - Flint Beecher vs. Montrose - 12:30 PM
- Div. 1 Girls Volleyball District - Swartz Creek vs. Saginaw Arthur Hill - 5 PM
- Div. 1 Girls Volleyball District - Flushing vs. Saginaw Heritage - 7 PM
Wednesday, Oct. 31
- Div. 1 Girls Volleyball District – Ann Arbor Skyline vs. Ann Arbor Pioneer - 5 PM
- Div. 3 Girls Volleyball District - Covenant Christian vs. Potter's House - 5:30 PM
- Div. 3 Boys Soccer Semifinal - Macomb Lutheran North vs. Grosse Ile - 6 PM
- Div. 3 Girls Volleyball District - Iron Mountain vs. Norway - 6 PM
- Div. 3 Boys Soccer Semifinal - Hudsonville Unity Christian vs. Ludington - 6 PM
- Div. 1 Girls Volleyball District - Dexter vs. Ann Arbor Huron - 7 PM
- Div. 3 Girls Volleyball District - West Iron County vs. Norway - 8 PM
Thursday, Nov. 1
- Div. 1 Girls Volleyball District - Carman-Ainsworth vs. TBA - 5 PM
- Div. 3 Girls Volleyball District Final @ Norway - TBA vs. TBA - 6 PM
- Div. 1 Girls Volleyball District - Flint Kearsley vs. TBA - 7 PM
- Div. 3 Girls Volleyball District Final @ NorthPointe Christian- TBA vs. TBA - 7 PM
Friday, Nov. 2
- Div. 3 Football Playoffs - District Final - Cedar Springs at Mt. Pleasant - 7 PM
- Div. 6 Football Playoffs - District Final - Millington at Montrose - 7 PM
- Div. 2 Football Playoffs - District Final – Warren DeLaSalle vs. Oak Park - 6 PM
Saturday, Nov. 3
- L.P. Cross Country Finals - Finish Line Camera - Divisions 3 & 4 - 9:20 AM
- Div. 1 Girls Volleyball District Final @ Saginaw Heritage – Flint Carman-Ainsworth vs. Flushing – 10 AM
- Div. 4 Football Playoff District Final - Escanaba vs. Alma - 12 PM
- Div. 1 Football Playoff District Final - East Kentwood vs. Saline - 1 PM
- L.P. Cross Country Finals - Finish Line Camera - Divisions 1 & 2 - 1:20 PM
- Div. 4 Boys Soccer Championship – Ann Arbor Greenhills vs Leland - 12:00 PM
- Div. 3 Boys Soccer Championship – Grosse Ile vs Hudsonville Unity Christian - 12:00 PM
- Div. 1 Boys Soccer Championship – Ann Arbor Skyline vs East Kentwood - 3:00 PM
- Div. 2 Boys Soccer Championship – Detroit Country Day vs Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern - 3:00 PM
NFHS Network subscriptions begin at $9.95 a month and allow access to the full schedule of MHSAA Tournaments during November:
• Nov. 3 – Boys Soccer Finals
• Nov. 10 – Selected Football Playoff Regional Finals
• Nov. 15-17 – Girls Volleyball Semifinals & Finals
• Nov. 17 – Lower Peninsula Girls Swimming & Diving Finals
• Nov. 17 – Football Playoff Semifinals (13 games)
All sporting events – live or delayed - are available on a subscription basis only for their first 72 hours online. They become available for free, on-demand viewing approximately 72 hours following their completion.